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Songoku 2 (1940)

Genre : Comedy, Music

Runtime : 1H 7M

Director : Kajirō Yamamoto

Synopsis

Second part of the Comedy-Musical about the legendary Monkey King.

Actors

Kenichi Enomoto
Kenichi Enomoto
Son Goku
Akira Kishii
Akira Kishii
Cho Hakkai
Toshio Kanai
Toshio Kanai
Sa Gojo
Hideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine
Princess
Chieko Takehisa
Chieko Takehisa
Witch
Aiko Mimasu
Aiko Mimasu
Yoyo
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Sadaichi Yanagida
Sadaichi Yanagida
Priest Sanzo

Crews

Akira Mimura
Akira Mimura
Director of Photography
Eiji Tsuburaya
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Assistant Director
Kajirō Yamamoto
Kajirō Yamamoto
Director
Kazuo Takimura
Kazuo Takimura
Producer
Shigekazu Kurihara
Shigekazu Kurihara
Music
Seiichi Suzuki
Seiichi Suzuki
Music
Wu Cheng'en
Wu Cheng'en
Novel
Kajirō Yamamoto
Kajirō Yamamoto
Writer
Eiji Tsuburaya
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects

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